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Posted by Martin February 25, 2020

A needed correction on the way – don’t panic

Selling never feels good and people have hard time to handle it. It’s their money and they fear them getting lost. They start rushing to protect the value of their portfolio and start selling. Pouring oil into fire. However, this is not the time for panic and time to start selling. If you knew this Continue reading →

Posted by Martin February 21, 2020

The stock market is now at all times highs. What are you buying? Are you worried about a recession?

I keep buying what I have been buying since 2006 and that is high quality dividend growth stocks. If you look at the chart from 1982 to 2000 (that is 18 years long bull market) the market was making new all time highs until 2000 for 18 years. 18 years of all time high market. Continue reading →

Posted by Martin February 17, 2020

Coronavirus fear overblown. Load up anytime Wall Street freaks out.

Apple (AAPL) said that they will not meet the revenue guidance due to Coronavirus and market participants pooped their pants again. Futures down 0.45% (now recovered a bit to -0.34%). This virus is an old news. Come up with something else. I do not want to belittle the death of people, but just in the Continue reading →

Posted by Martin February 14, 2020

Are all the trading mentors scam?

I must admit, majority of all sorts of gurus, mentors, sellers of all sorts of magical formulas which would make you rich overnight are scam. It is sad but this trading industry is full of charlatans and pure thieves who just go unscrupulously after your money. They are not there to help you. There are Continue reading →

Posted by Martin February 07, 2020

What are good resources to start learning about investing and personal finance if you know nothing about it?

Even if you know absolutely nothing, you need to know what you want from investing (and or trading). Investing is such a broad industry, so to speak, that you will not be able to read everything and learn. You will start jumping from one topic to another and soon get confused and lost. So, first, Continue reading →

Posted by Martin January 31, 2020

Is investing in 20-25 stocks really the best form of diversification?

Yes. You can be well diversified even with less stocks. Owning hundreds of stocks will not protect you against systemic risk. If there is a recession and panic, everybody sells everything, then it really doesn’t matter how many stocks you own. And if you want to be protected against a failure of one stocks vs. Continue reading →

Posted by Martin January 24, 2020

As we approach 2020, are you bullish or bearish on U.S. stocks for dividend growth investors?

Definitely bullish. I expect this market to go a lot higher. However, there will be corrections on the way up. By “a lot higher” I am referring to the secular bull market which in my opinion will last for the next 15 to 18 years and delivers substantial gains. However, it will not be a Continue reading →

Posted by Martin January 19, 2020

2019 trading and investing results and 2020 goal

It took me a lot of time to kick myself into writing this report. I wanted to be regular in doing so, but it was hard lately. I was busy at work, and also busy at studying trading qand investing. Although I have 14 years experience in investing in stocks and 10 years in trading Continue reading →

Posted by Martin January 18, 2020

AGNC – Time to say goodbye

I have been invested in AGNC since 2008 and I liked this company. But it is time to depart from this investment as it no longer meets my requirements for dividend investing. I wish, it was. But it isn’t. At first, the company looked great. They started increasing dividend every year, although the very first Continue reading →

Posted by Martin January 16, 2020

How can I invest in stocks? My income is $2,000 and I left with $400 after all my spending

If $400 is money you can invest, then you have more than 45% of Americans. The best strategy would be, in my opinion, to invest in high quality dividend stocks – dividend aristocrats. Here is a list of all high quality dividend stocks – champions (aristocrats), challengers, and contenders, Dividend Growth Stocks CCC list go Continue reading →